'Abolish ICE': Mamdani, AOC and other Democrats urge action after New York shooting
US immigration officer shot man in car where five-year-old child was sitting in the Bronx, sparking fierce protests
TL;DR
- An ICE officer shot a man in the neck while a five-year-old child was in the vehicle in the Marble Hill neighborhood of the Bronx.
- New York Democrats, including Governor Kathy Hochul, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Mayor Eric Adams, strongly condemned the incident and called for curbs on ICE.
- Protests and clashes with police followed the shooting, with demonstrators demanding the abolition of ICE.
- Mayor Adams and AOC called for ICE to be abolished, with Adams stating ICE was 'rotten to its core'.
- DHS stated the ICE officers did not know a child was in the car and noted the man had prior convictions.
- Governor Hochul and Mayor Adams spoke with Trump administration officials regarding the incident, but negotiations for the man's release were unsuccessful.
- Calls for an independent investigation into the shooting were made by elected officials and advocacy groups.